Less than a month after letting Watson Chapel storm back to a win on its home court, White Hall got its revenge but needed to fight for it.

The Lady Bulldogs finished Tuesday night’s game on an 11-2 run to grab a 46-38 win on the Lady Wildcats’ home court.

“The first time we played them at our place, Chapel made a run,” White Hall coach Mike Upshaw said. “We took the punch but didn’t punch back.

“They made a run and we didn’t answer.”

The Lady Bulldogs, who led 32-31 entering the fourth quarter, only made one field goal in the final period, but made 12 of 18 free throws to close out the win.

“I thought the last minute and a half to two minutes we played with a lot of mental and physical toughness,” Upshaw said. “I’m not sure what our percentage was but we hit free throws down the stretch. …

“All I know is our kids stepped up and made plays and won us the ballgame.”

For the most part, White Hall (17-5, 9-2 in 5A-South) controlled the game on Tuesday night, but there were times when Chapel (13-11, 8-4) made a run to take the lead.

With 3:17 left in the third quarter, Lady Wildcats coach Leslie Henderson called a timeout and her team responded with an 8-0 run, including two three-pointers by Megan Moore to take a one-point lead.

Midway through the fourth quarter Chapel took another one-point lead at 36-35.

Both times, though, White Hall’s Hailey Wilkins, who scored a game-high 15 points, answered with coast-to-coast layups to give the Lady Bulldogs the lead again.

“I thought our defense was pretty good,” Henderson said. “Except for letting (Wilkins) go all the way a couple of times.

“There were a couple she drove by us from the top of the key, but there were a few she just dribbled all the way down. That will happen sometimes, but she did it three or four times.”